Britain under Thatcher

ISBN-13: 9780582317147 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 160 str.

Daniel Collings

Opis

This new Seminar Study, by one of the experts on the subject, provides students with a balanced historical analysis of the Thatcher years and their consequences. Within a chronological framework, Dr Seldon analyses the many controversial episodes and aspects of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, including the Falklands War; the miners' strike; Britain's relations with America and the stationing of missiles at Greenham Common; In particular, there is a chapter discussing the impact which her policies had on the British people at large and Britain's changing social and economic circumstances between 1979 and 1990.

Spis treści

I. INTRODUCTION.  1. The Road to 1979.  II. ANALYSIS.  2. Establishes Hegemony.  3. The High Tide of Thatcher.  4. The Center Cannot Hold.  5. The End of an Era.  III. ASSESSMENT.  6. Britain Under Attack.  7. Thatcherism in History.  IV. DOCUMENTS.

O autorze

Anthony Seldon, Daniel Collings